Subject	Install those Vent thingys for peeling dashes if yours r bad
Posted by	ZXers on July 31, 2008 at 7:16 PM
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In Reply To	things to do while the dash is off posted by jkeyser14 on July 31, 2008 at 06:50 PM
Message	also, cancel your Sat plans now :) If this is your first Heater Core replacement, it will piss you off if you're trying to do it within a certain timeframe. Maybe this will help you from my 95NA experience. I read all about guys doing it from the bottom without removing the dash and then all about guys removing the dash and everything else between it and the heater core. I did a hybrid of the two. I removed the dash(easy as pie to do, about an hour of leisurely work). This enabled me to actually see & easily remove the electrical components that activate the heater core. But as hard as I tried, I couldn't simply push-up(per one TTers directions who said he's done a couple of heater-core replacements already) the 2 water pipes coming from the firewall enough to then just slide-out the heater core, even with the the engine-bay rubber grommet removed and the rubber pipes disconnected from the engine to give it more movement. So I unbolted & removed that shiny aluminum plate from the firewall just above the gas pedal, then I removed the heater core's plastic valve from the water pipe, used a pry bar to push the water pipes up & out of the way, and then I was able to yank and pull the heater core out. Re-assembly of that plastic valve onto the water pipe and then onto the new heater core(once it's installed) was tricky and required me to use some one of those very small(3 inches long), stubby, ratchet, 90 degree, insert screwdrivers from Home Depot Tool dept. I also decided to reinstall the valve's little stainless steel screws backyards into their original holes to make reinstallation easier on my fingers(this required a little grinding wheel work on the plastic valve to accept the screw's nuts going in on the reverse side of their opening). But after an hour of being upside down on the front floor board with some nimble fingerwork I got it done.....only to have to do it all over again because I forgot to reinstall the new rubber o-ring. Anyway, good luck with it.
Follow Ups	things to do while the dash is off - jkeyser14 18:50:19 07/31/08 Check - DualZ (SF) 18:58:48 07/31/08 Nice time to replace the clutch MC or make a pedal - jzack 19:00:25 07/31/08 Install those Vent thingys for peeling dashes if yours r bad - ZXers 19:16:20 07/31/08 or repair the original dash vents with glue and clamps. - robo (sebring1970) 23:23:30 07/31/08 car is a 90, always parked outside, no problem with vent - jkeyser14 23:32:15 07/31/08 once you have the dash out you should remove the dash - robo (sebring1970) 01:46:07 08/01/08
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